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From the link above: "A Dutch coastguard spokesman said the fire was probably caused by one of 25 electric vehicles on board the ship.". Also "Last year a cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars caught fire and sank off the Azores. Lithium-ion batteries in the cars caught fire and firefighters needed specialist equipment to put out the fire."
Yes, EVs are statistically far less likely to catch fire than diesel or petrol vehicles, but the results of an EV fire are far more serious. Similarly, nuclear power stations are far less likely to have problems than coal or oil fired power stations, but the results of nuclear accidents are catastrophic.
Pete
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Some batteries will outlast the car. The company I used to work for had a less positive experience. Some of them will also be useful for home storage, but they're unlikely to last 25 years. However, you're right that in 25 years time recycling might be sustainable.
Pete
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4 hours ago, Mick Forey said:
Electric motors about 95% efficient.
Some electric motors can achieve 95% efficiency under some circumstances. That's neglecting the losses in the control system.
35 minutes ago, Mick Forey said:you need to include all the energy wasted (and CO2 generated) for exploration, production, transportation, refining, transportation and distributing fossil fuel.
What about all the energy wasted (and CO2 generated) for exploration, production, transportation, refining, and distributing materials for batteries, as well as the manufacture and later disposal of those batteries?
Pete
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Sorry Mick, years of experience dealing with councils who made up "regulations" to save them having to perform a proper risk assessment. Mostly electrical and mechanical, I did my best to stay away from flammable atmospheres.
At one time I drove a Vauxhall converted to run on petrol or LPG. Sometimes people would say to me "Isn't that dangerous? What if it leaks?" to which I would reply "What if your petrol tank leaks?". There were pressure and flow sensors. Amusing that it wasn't allowed in the Channel Tunnel, yet caravans fitted with larger LPG cylinders were...
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22 hours ago, Motorsport Mickey said:
apparently safety regs say no other work in the building when the hydrogen vehicles are in the bay.
Which "safety regs" are those then? I suspect something made up by a local council employee who doesn't understand risk assessment.
22 hours ago, Motorsport Mickey said:apparently if the trucks go in with full fuel in the tanks the increased interior workshop heat can cause vast expansion which cause the tanks to "boil off" losing the hydrogen and causing a huge fire risk.
So what happens when they're outside and the sun comes out?
Pete
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7 hours ago, Peter Cobbold said:
Bamford is well-known petrol head in classic racing. 'Willie Eckerslyke' used to race Bamford's 250F Maserati in the '70s.
That 250F used to be in the reception area of JCB Research, along with another 50s GP car - possibly a Vanwall? I always thought he was taking a risk, as the reception was unmanned!
Pete
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Happy Birthday Ian!
Pete
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19 hours ago, cp25616 said:
Blinking hideous! Thats an exercise only surely? Note I did not say styling exercise! Having said that judging by some of the current range (excuse that pun) of BMW's it looks like their styling department must have been on strike a lot longer than all the strikes in the UK.
Alan G
They've certainly been on something!
Pete
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I've had to use the AA a few times for my Ford. Very good service every time.
My worst experience with the RAC was many years ago, when my Escort was losing water on the M4. Only needed a heater hose cutting back a little and reconnecting, but I didn't have the right tools so I sued the roadside 'phone to call the RAC. I was told they'd be with me in 20 minutes. An hour later I called agine. Same response. Another hour later, I called again - the operator looked at the call log and said the patrol had driven that section of the motorway twice but I wasn't there. I confirmed the number of the post I was parked next to. 15 minutes later the 'phone rang, and the operator said the patrol had just driven that section of motorway but couldn't see me. After a couple more iterations of this, I saw a police car stopped on the bridge across the motorway, and the 'phone operator called and patched me through to the police, who wanted to know why I was parked on the hard shoulder! (Perhaps they couldn't see the raised bonnet and the puddle of coolant underneath). Anyway, the copper must have 'had words' with the RAC, because half an hour later a breakdown truck from a local garage appeared, trimmed and refitted the hose and refilled the cooling system. He explained that he was a contractor to the RAC and his 'patch' ended at the exit slip road that I'd just passed, and the next 'patch', for which there was a differnt contractor, . started at the entry slip half a mile further down the M4, so he'd driven to the exit slip several times but hadn't passed me as I was further along the motorway. He had to get the RAC's agreement to pay him for the extra 40 miles to go to the next junction and turn around so as to get back in his patch. Of course after fixing my car he just reversed back up the hard shoulder and left at the exit slip. Total elapsed time was about 5 1/2 hours, time taken for the repair about 5 minutes.
Later investigation found that the map used by the people running the emergency phones shows each junction as a point, and ignores the distance between the exit slip and the following entry slip, so I'd stopped on a section of shoulder that didn't exist as far as the control room was concerned
Pete
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4 hours ago, Ian Vincent said:
Or where is that oil leak coming from?
That's obvious. It comes from all the bits with oil in them.
Pete
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Happy Birthday Paul.
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Where I lived in the Welsh valleys in the 1970s, an elderly lady was killed on a pedestrian crossing when a car that had stopped to let her cross was rear-ended by a coach. The coach driver claimed he couldn't see the stopped car or the crossing because of the fog, but it was a sunny summer day. An opthalmist who examined him stated in court that he would have qualified for a guide dog.
Pete
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Happy birthday Mrs Ben.
Pete
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2 hours ago, tim hunt said:
As Rob says Andy. I have just checked with a multi-meter and I find 12.55V across the battery terminals and an identical reading of 12.03V on BOTH sides if I check between the live feed and the side of each bulb holder. It doesn't look as though I have a high resistance somewhere by virtue of a bad connection. The plot thickens
You've got a bad connection somewhere if you're dropping 0.52V between the battery and the sidelights.
Pete
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14 hours ago, Tom Fremont said:
The claim that the American scientist in Houston built a reactor capable of those conditions and produced petroleum with those ingredients alone is impressive
He's produced a synthetic petroleum. That doesn't prove that that's how the oilfields were formed.
Pete
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Also stainless fasteners tend to seize together.
Pete
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9 hours ago, stuart said:
Any chance of a link?
Stuart.
Sorry, too long ago so not in my purchase history. Maybe it was Amazon - lots on this page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geasea-Leather-Tubular-Repairing-Decoration/dp/B07DL8SFKZ/ref=sr_1_31?crid=3JGPIACJKIBFL&keywords="crush+Rivets"&qid=1687370100&sprefix=crush+rivets+%2Caps%2C66&sr=8-31
Pete
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Sometimes called "crush rivets". I bought a set from ebay, which came with the tool for putting them together without deforming the head.
Pete
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Happy Birthday Gordon
Pete
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345 arrived today in Rugby.
Pete
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6 minutes ago, james christie said:
Yet an other state owned enterprise run for the interest of the employees rather than the customers.
No, it is not state owned - floated on the LSE in 2013. It's actually run for the benefit of the shareholders rather than the customers.
Pete
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